Good Morning West Bengal

May 12, 2009

Nothing much to report. We had a bit of a storm last night, so since then it’s been nice and cool, a welcome break from the summer heat. Last night I waved a tearful goodbye to Kamal Krishna Prabhu, one of my main lead singers, as he left by train to Vrindavan Dham, in Matura, Northern India, with his new wife. He’ll be back in a year, and I may visit him there soon, but still, a good man and an important part of our recording talent has gone to the sweet sacred land of Vrindavan and left us here in the not so sweet or sacred Kolkata!
What else… well I had a kewl video conference with Will Slack this morning, a good friend of mine from High School. He’s playing politics with the big boys over on the East Coast, and sounds like he’s doing well there, doing good deeds, and doin’ ‘em dirt cheap! Talking to him reminds me that I haven’t spoken hardly at all with, oh, anyone else back in that far off distant planet known as America. I’ve got a backpack load of excuses why if anyone asks me, but still, I need to be in better touch. I’ll add that to do my do list in slot 142,897. OK so back to work, it’s a hard life for a audiophile living in India, trying to collect drops of vibratory nectar without getting runover by a MACK truck or a water buffalo, the two main street forces to deal with here. (Yes, literally a MACK truck. Now I see where that expression came from, they’re like giant blocks of steel with wheels under them.) Aight, I love everyone as always. I’ll post more when I get a chance.

-Chris


Another Sleepy Post

May 9, 2009

I arrived in Kolkata today after saying goodbye to the land of love and beauty, Sri Dham Navadwip. Now I’m back in hot, stinky, crowded, crazy Kolkata. But I’m very happy to be here, because in my life I find it’s not where you are, it’s who you’re with. And you can’t beat the company in Kolkata. Srila Govinda Maharaj is here, and so are many kind and dedicated friends of mine. So I’m very happy to be back in their company, and to get back to work.  I’m a bit behind schedule on these CD projects, and I’ve got to realy buckel down and focus these next 1o days. After that I will be going to Nepal for a few days with Acharya Maharaj and some other devotees, to hold some programs there, and maybe to buy some property and setup a preaching center there. Anyway, everything is good good, never a dull moment here in West Bengal.

Goodnight..


Collecting Drops of Nectar from the Fountain which is Nabadwip Dham!

May 7, 2009

Hello folks. It’s past my bedtime (which is, by the way, 9:30) so just a quick update. I’m here in Nabadwip, at the internation headquarters of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math. I’m just here for a day, to record Bhudev Prabhu reading a voiceover of the Vandana prayers and of the sanskrit shlokas of the Shikshastikam, which we need to finally finish these CD releases, Saranagati and Shikshastikam. Today was also election day for the national election here in India, so everyone (except everyone I know) was really excited about that!! And…. mango season has begun, so we’re swimming in mangos and chanting the glories of Krishna here in the holy land of Sri Nabadwip Dham. Can’t complain about that :   )

Tomorrow is the Grand Festival of Nrisingha Chaturdasi, so everybody get ready! As they say, “Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math, where everyday is a festival.”

Yawn. Now to go and do one of the things I’m best at…

ZZZ……………………………………………….


Introducing… ChrisLawes.WordPress.com!

March 2, 2009

OK, we’re up and running. This is my thrown together blog to let everyone see what I’m up to. I’m currently very busy, so I won’t have time to make it real nice just yet, but I’ll make sure to send the occasional update. And remember, if you really want to talk to me, email is best. More to come, my love to all :)

-Chris


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